2nd Test, Day 4: England set West Indies 322 runs to win on final day
Cricket | Aug 28, 2017, 11:38 PM ISTAli put on 117 with Woakes for the eighth wicket and a hopeful West Indies team at tea was demoralized by stumps.
Ali put on 117 with Woakes for the eighth wicket and a hopeful West Indies team at tea was demoralized by stumps.
Root was 45 not out and his unbroken partnership with Malan was worth 77 by the close at Headingley, edging England ahead after West Indies finished on 427 all out in its first innings.
The incident occurred when Ben Stokes reacted in frustration after being edged by Shai Hope for a boundary by making an inappropriate comment which was clearly audible.
Bangladesh has not beaten Australia in four test matches since gaining test status in 2000. The two teams last met in a test match 11 years ago.
Shakib backed left-arm spinner Taijul Islam and off-spinning all-rounder Mehidy Hasan, to do well against the Aussies.
In the last year or so, the Saurashtra batsman has gone from strength to strength, becoming the new Mr. Dependable in Virat Kohli's Test team.
Australia has won all four Tests they have played against Bangladesh, but the teams haven't met in the five-day format since 2006.
The skipper insisted that the team have just lost one game and not the series, so they have to regroup and believe that they can come back in the series.
Bangladesh have not played a single Test match against Australia since Ricky Ponting's side toured the country in 2006, six years after they were granted Test status.
England beat South Africa 3-1 in its first series of the summer and starts as a favorite against the West Indies, who are No. 8 in the test rankings and have lost six straight Test series.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya's 96-ball knock of 108 has seen him gain 45 positions to reach a career-best 68th rank among batsmen.
The Chairman of Selectors said that it's difficult to predict but as long as MS Dhoni is delivering, it shouldn't be a problem.
Sri Lanka were completely outperformed by India in the three-match Test series, with none of their players throwing any challenge to the visiting team.
India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 177 runs in Pallekele to complete the 3-0 sweep, this is the first time Team India have whitewashed an away series of three or more Tests.
Shikhar Dhawan hammered a total of 358 runs in the three-Test series against Sri Lanka, including two big hundreds in the first and third Test.
Shan has appeared in a total of 10 Test matches for Pakistan and toured three different countries namely Sri Lanka, England and West Indies so far.
India captain Virat Kohli praised Hardik Pandya for his all-round performance through the series and said the 23-year-old provides balance to the world number one Test side.
The chairman of selectors MSK Prasad has said that Hardik Pandya has the potential to match Kapil Dev, provided he stays grounded.
Amid the disappointment of missing out on the match, there was some consolation for Jadeja as he edged out Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan to claim the numero uno spot among all-rounders in the latest ICC Test rankings.
After Dhoni announced his retirement from Test cricket in 2015, the opportunity provided itself before Saha to establish himself as India's first choice wicketkeeper in the longer version of the game.
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